I know it is not your sort of racing (nor is it my favorite), but seriously, IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG FOR ME!!
I'm sure the Indy 500 is one hell of a cool spectacle to see in person. As for me, I have a more than just a bit of ADD and 2 hours is too long for me to pay attention to a race.
My issue with Indy racing, is the issue that I have with all of professional motorsports these days. It's all descended into spec racing. Who wants to see 30 of the same Honda powered Dallara chassis racing?? What does that prove?? NASCAR with its COT is the same, and the NHRA is just as guilty of homoginizing its pro classes. That's why I've become an advocate of grassroots motorsports. I like to see different types of cars competing against eachother. I also want to see racing that's done for the pure passion of racing, instead of for money and TV exposure.
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I mostly agree, but I often root for the underdog who can not find a high dollar sponsor until the last day.
For me it is mostly about the team effort and how they are able to overcome and anticipate the vastly changing conditions at this track. (remember, it is an almost flat track, with extreme swings in temperature during the day - I forget the exact degree of maximum banking but it is pretty much a flat track compared to all the rest.).
... and the "spectacle," of course. As you know, my ADHD is something similar to your ADD, but there is so much going on at the "500" that I never go bored. I also never go to a race without my closed channel track radio set, either. The crowd is always entertaining, even though the no-name Christians finally managed to outlaw bare tits in the infield a few years ago.
I also like the smell of freshly compression burned, delectably clean, almost edible, high tech synth-oil, the way the stands shake as the cars rumble by (most people do not realize just how big and powerful the cars are, because they have only seen them on television and the damn things are just over knee-high to the techs that build them - :lol:) and the incredible amount of wasted "anti-lift, down-force air," curling over the bodies of the cars, that smacks the fuck out of you if you are in the first twelve or fifteen rows up. It is one of those complicated sets of experiences that you MUST be present for, just to begin to understand the first half of it.
I do get what you are talking about, though. I used to go to so many NASCAR races (there were just so damn many to go to, within driving distance, nearby), but I have now, completely turned my back to them. I did not even watch last year's, Daytona 500 and forget this year's.
Homogeny in racing fucking sucks!!
